The original lineup consisted of Arabian Prince, DJ Yella, Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube,and MC Ren; Arabian Prince embarked on a solo career in 1989 and Ice Cube left in December of that year over royalty disputes. Several members would later become platinum-selling solo artists in the 1990s. Their debut album Straight Outta Compton marked the beginning of the new gangsta rap era as the production and social commentary in their lyrics were revolutionary within the genre. Rolling Stone ranked N.W.A number 83 on their list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time."
The group released two albums, "Straight Outta Compton" (1988) and "Niggaz4Life" (1991) before disbanding in 1991. The group also released a compilation record, "N.W.A. and the Posse" (1987) and an EP, "100 Miles and Runnin' " (1990).There was also a "Greatest Hits" compilation released (1996). Both Straight Outta Compton (2002) and Greatest Hits (2003) have been Re-Issued with extra tracks.
Let Me Ride
N.W.A Lyrics
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Let's ride (let's ride, let's ride, let's ride, let's ride)
Armed and dangerous (armed and dangerous, armed and dangerous)
Let's ride (let's ride, let's ride, let's ride, let's ride)
Armed and-, armed and-, armed and-
No-, No-, Notorious (Notorious)
(Let's ride, let's ride, let's ride, let's ride)
(Let's ride, let's ride, let's ride, let's ride)
If you ain't ridin' with me you ain't my brother
Say they ridin' with me but I know that they ain't loyal
Say they in your team but they ain't really rootin' for you
Keep it on me when I'm ridin'
It's the gang, if he slidin' then I'm slidin'
Come on, let's take a ride, ride, ride, ride, ride
Let's ride, let's ride, let's ride (let's ride)
Ride, ride, ride, ride, ride
Let's ride, let's ride, let's ride (let's ride)
Let's ride, let's ride, let's ride (let's ride)
Let's ride, let's ride, let's ride (4Hunnid)
Let's ride, let's ride, let's ride
Let's ride, let's ride
Traction
I'm ridin' with traction (I'm ridin')
YSL tux, the only time I'm slackin' (ooh)
On a opp, like a fool, we actin' (like a fool)
Round of applause, we clap him (yeah)
Ayy, I do the dash when I drive (when I drive)
Baby on top, she do the dash when she ride (when she ride)
Ayy, my self-respect too high (it's too high)
If you did me wrong, we could never get right (yeah)
Can't pay for love, gotta pay my taxes
Gotta pay my thugs 'cause they 'bout action
He should be a movie star, he good at actin'
This a new era, they all cappin' and rappin'
If you ain't ridin' with me you ain't my brother
Say they ridin' with me but I know that they ain't loyal
Say they in your team but they ain't really rootin' for you
Keep it on me when I'm ridin'
It's the gang, if he slidin' then I'm slidin'
Come on, let's take a ride, ride, ride, ride, ride
Let's ride, let's ride, let's ride (let's ride)
Ride, ride, ride, ride, ride
Let's ride, let's ride, let's ride (let's ride)
Let's ride, let's ride, let's ride (let's ride)
Let's ride, let's ride, let's ride (let's ride)
Let's ride, let's ride, let's ride (yeah)
Let's ride (yeah), let's ride
Tell me what it do? (Huh?)
She gon' pick and choose (huh)
Forgis on her feets (huh)
Pullin' up in Jeeps (huh)
Ridin' four deep, I'm like, "Baby, push the button" (huh)
Hundred on the dash, I ain't even had to touch it (huh)
Talkin' 'bout war (huh), told 'em, "Ready up" (huh)
Whip, I'm ridin' in fast (huh), I ain't scared of nothin' (huh)
Told her if she wanna ride with me, come and get lost (huh)
Know she messin' with a boss (huh)
If you ain't ridin' with me you ain't my brother
Say they ridin' with me but I know that they ain't loyal
Say they in your team but they ain't really rootin' for you
Keep it on me when I'm ridin'
It's the gang, if he slidin' then I'm slidin'
Come on, let's take a ride, ride, ride, ride, ride
Let's ride, let's ride, let's ride (let's ride)
Ride, ride, ride, ride, ride
Let's ride, let's ride, let's ride (let's ride)
Let's ride, let's ride, let's ride (let's ride)
Let's ride, let's ride, let's ride (let's ride)
Let's ride, let's ride, let's ride
Let's ride, let's ride
In N.W.A's song "Let Me Ride," the lyrics express feelings of loneliness and a desire to belong. The first verse talks about how the singer knows about love, but it doesn't come easily. The second verse talks about home and how the singer doesn't have a physical place to call home, but rather a sense of belonging. The chorus repeats the phrase "let me in" and lists off people who will be together, implying that the singer wants to join in on the fun and be a part of the group.
The third verse talks about loss, and the singer acknowledges that they don't have much but that those who have more still think they have enough. The fourth verse addresses the topic of people talking about the singer and the singer's desire to not be the center of attention. The chorus repeats again, with a sense of urgency as the singer lists off even more people who will be together.
Throughout the song, the singer expresses a sense of isolation and exclusion, but also a determination to be included in the group. The repetition of the phrase "Let me in" highlights this desire to belong and be a part of the community.
Line by Line Meaning
When I look back the road we've taken
Reflecting on our journey thus far
I never knew we'd be like this
I never predicted our current situation
Young wild and free didn't know
We were unaware and carefree in our youth
Now our life is like a tornado
Our life is unpredictable and chaotic
Emotions like a volcano
Our emotions are intense and explosive
Thought I was there not even close
I thought I understood, but I was mistaken
Oh ๋์๊ฐ๋ค๋ฉด ๋ ์ฌ๋์ ๋น ์ง๊น
If we could turn back time, would we fall in love again?
ํํ ์ํ์ฒ๋ผ ๋ค๊ฒ ๋ ๋ฐํด๋ฒ๋ ธ๋ค๋ฉด ๋ฏฟ์ ์ ์๊ฒ ์ง So let me show you
If I fell in love with you again like in a clichรฉ movie, it would be hard to believe, so let me show you
๋ปํ ์์ค์ฒ๋ผ ์ฐ๋ฆฌ ๋ค์ ์ฌ๋ํ๊ฒ๋๋ฉด ํ๋ณตํ ์ ์์๊น So let me show you
If we can fall in love again like in a predictable novel, would we be happy? So let me show you
๋๋ก ์ธํ ๋จ๊ฑฐ์์ด ์์ด์ ํ์จ์ด ๋๊ณ ๊ทธ์ ์์ผ ๋์๋ด ๋ด๊ฐ
The passion you ignited has cooled and turned into a sigh, only now do I realize
๋์ ์์๋ ๊ทธ๋ฅ ์ง๋์น ๋์ ์ธ๋ก์ ๋ค ๋๋ฌผ ์ด์ ์์ผ ๋์์ ๋ด๊ฒ yeah
When I was with you, I overlooked your loneliness and tears, but now they've come back to me yeah
Oh ๋์ดํจ๋ค๋ฉด ๋ ๋ ์ํ๊ฒ ํ ๊น (์ํ๊ฒ ํ ๊น)
If I could turn back, would I hurt you again? (Would I hurt you again?)
Know what it feels like? ๋ค ์์ ์ ๋
Do you know what it feels like? Standing in front of you
Feels like, feels like?
Feels like, feels like?
So let me show you
So let me show you
So let me show you
So let me show you
So let me show you
So let me show you
Lyrics ยฉ Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Anthony Henderson, Bryon McCane, Chase Ross, Christopher Wallace, Daniel Majic, Dave Grear, James Wrighter, John Miller, Julius Rivera III, Keenon Dequon Rae Jackson, Kevin Andre Price, Sean Combs, Steve Jordan, Steven Howse, Tyrone William Griffin Jr.
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